Digital Health and Care Wales has announced two new developments, cross-border sharing with trusts in England and an update on digital genetic test results. The Welsh Admin Portal (WAP) can now, for the first time, link up with hospitals across the border in England. The system that is used to […]
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News in brief: AI app calculates pre-eclampsia risk, new Welsh ambulance app, health research supercomputer
There’s never a dull moment in the world of health tech, with last week seeing stories surface of new suppliers joining the NHSX Digitising Social Care Records Programme, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust’s new digital strategy developing, and the NHS ORB app being ready for […]
Video: NHSX on the importance of adopting digital Blueprints
Paul Charnley, Digital Lead for Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership and a Co-Chair of the NHSX Blueprinting Steering Committee, delivered a live webcast for the HTN audience on why Blueprints are so important in helping NHS organisations to deliver digital capabilities. Speaking to us in June, as part […]
ORCHA releases report into UK attitudes towards digital health
ORCHA (the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps) has released an online report that investigates attitudes to digital health across the UK and outlines what this could mean for the NHS. The report, entitled ‘Digital Health in the UK, National Attitudes and Behaviour Research’, surveyed both those […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ to use automation for matching cancer patients with clinical trials
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT and the King’s Health Partners (KHP) Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) are partnering with Inspirata, a cancer informatics and digital pathology provider, to utilise AI automation for matching patients with cancer to early phase clinical trials. KHP ECMC and Guy’s and St Thomas’ will […]
UK Health Data Research Alliance publishes new Green Paper on data use registers standards
The UK Health Data Research Alliance, an alliance of health, care and research organisations convened by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), has released a new Green Paper with recommendations for a data use registers standard. Data use registers act as public records on what data organisations have given access […]
Feature: How data and analytics can help ICSs forge better journeys of care
As HTN’s focus on technologies and strategies to support ICSs continues, Graphnet – a supplier of shared care record software and population health solutions – shares a recent, high-profile case study to illustrate the important role that high-quality data and analytics can play going forward… The title of the latest […]
UCL develops speech therapy smart app and AI that helps detect oesophageal cancer
University College London (UCL) has published updates on its research and development in two interesting areas of health technology – using artificial intelligence (AI) to help detect a type of cancer, and a smart app that provides speech therapy for stroke sufferers. The iReadMore app from the Neurotherapeutics Group at […]
CQC outlines registration requirements for online orthodontic providers
The Care Quality Commission (the CQC) has released details of its registration requirements for providers of ‘direct-to-consumer’ orthodontic treatment, also referred to as online or remote orthodontics. Concentrating on these virtual dental services, the CQC said it wanted to “clarify the registration requirements for this type of care”. The reason […]
A closer look at the new NHSX mental health digital playbook
NHSX launched its new ‘mental health digital playbook’ earlier this week, to provide the NHS with real-world examples of how to “use digital ways of working” to “improve outcomes for patients”. Earlier this year, NHSX also released an eye care digital playbook, a resource for eye care specialists seeking to […]
